The strongest typhoon in world history caused a major catastrophe in the Philippines especially the islands of Visayas last week. Typhoon Yolanda, with the international name Haiyan brought winds as fast as 315 kph and strong rains which caused millions, probably even billions of pesos in damages. Currently, it is estimated that 10,000+ lives have been lost. Homes, schools, and business establishments have been flattened by the winds and flooding.

I appeal to the readers of this blog to please send donations to credible agencies. I will be listing centers, organizations and agencies that will make sure your donations get to the typhoon victims. Below is a partial list which I will update every so often:

RFM is asking for help in hardest hit areas (outside Tacloban since most of the relief efforts are concentrated there) in Eastern Samar – Guian and Borongan, BOHOL – which has not recovered yet from the earthquake and now the typhoon, Antique ( Culasi and nearby towns), and Capiz Area.

They have a standby helicopter that will bring the donations to areas hit by the typhoon.

Donations are requested for the affected Religious of the Assumption mission schools in Passi, Iloilo and Sibalom, Antique. Since transportation of goods would be difficult, AC is requesting for financial assistance. The roof of the mission school in Passi, which is an evacuation center has been blown off during the typhoon.

Telstra
For those in Australia who’s telecom provider is Telstra, the company is offering my free calls to the Philippines from November 11 to 25, 2013.

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Pinay Ironmom is a typical mom who wakes up before 6 am to prepare my 3 children for school. After this, I make my husband coffee, similar to the Nescafe commercial on TV of a couple's typical morning. Work is normally a tour of Northern or Southern Luzon to inspect projects we are building, checking quality of designs or preparation of presentations to prospective clients. My schedule is flexible luckily, I can squeeze in hearty lunches with my favorite lunchmate and training early in the afternoon or right after business hours. Weekends are bike days on Saturdays at MOA or Daang Reyna and Sunday is my me time - my long run day. Oh warm ups and stretchings are trips to the grocery, cool down is hearing mass and giving thanks to God for a wonderful week. This is ME :)